MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Riyaj mean?
Riyaj represents the Arabic name Riyāḍ, the plural of rawḍa, a garden or meadow. Urdu also has a separate riyāz noun for practice, especially musical practice.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रियाज़
Conventional spelling
Arabic
رياض
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रियाज
44,446 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Riyaj in Indian usage
48,634 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,598 records (5.3%).
- Recorded as male: 46,036 records (94.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,059 |
| 1950s | 2,823 |
| 1960s | 6,096 |
| 1970s | 10,403 |
| 1980s | 16,242 |
| 1990s | 11,651 |
| Other decades | 360 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 31,848 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,799 |
| Bihar | 3,459 |
| Maharashtra | 2,596 |
| Rajasthan | 2,309 |
| Jharkhand | 1,869 |
| Assam | 1,170 |
| Uttarakhand | 924 |
| Haryana | 261 |
| Tripura | 136 |
| Karnataka | 134 |
| Other states | 129 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: Riyaz, separate etymologies ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Arabic garden/meadow source and separate Urdu practice noun.
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.